Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Brian Williams sets a bad example of fire safety

This isn't necessarily a journalistic mistake, but it's a broadcast flub that nine million viewers saw.

During the lede story of tonight's broadcast of NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams had to apologize as a fire alarm blared in the background at 30 Rock. Like a good anchor aware of the pressures of live tv, he continued through his script anyway, but one questions whether that was a good idea - if the fire had been real, he'd be in big trouble.

Here's the video of the incident (from mediaite):

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